幾許
Chinese
how much; how many; several how much; how many; several; a few; almost |
to allow; to permit; to praise to allow; to permit; to praise; surname | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (幾許) | 幾 | 許 | |
| simp. (几许) | 几 | 许 | |
Pronunciation
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 多少 (“how many; how much”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 幾, 幾何, 幾多, 幾許, 多少 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 多少 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 多少 |
| Taiwan | 多少 | |
| Jinan | 多少 | |
| Xi'an | 多少 | |
| Wuhan | 幾多, 好多 | |
| Chengdu | 好多 | |
| Guilin | 好多 | |
| Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 幾, 幾多 | |
| Yangzhou | 多少 | |
| Hefei | 好些, 好多 | |
| Singapore | 多少 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 幾多, 幾 |
| Hong Kong | 幾多, 幾 | |
| Taishan | 幾多 | |
| Yangjiang | 幾多, 幾 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 幾多, 幾 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 幾多 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 幾多 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 幾多 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 幾多 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 幾多 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 幾多 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 幾多 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 幾多 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 多少 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 幾多 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 若夥 |
| Singapore (Fuqing) | 若夥 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 偌濟 |
| Quanzhou | 偌濟 | |
| Shishi | 偌濟 | |
| Zhangzhou | 偌濟 | |
| Zhao'an | 偌濟 | |
| Tainan | 偌濟, 幾 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 幾 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 偌濟, 幾 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 偌濟, 幾 | |
| Chaozhou | 若濟 | |
| Shantou | 若濟 | |
| Jieyang | 若濟 | |
| Pontianak (Teochew) | 若濟 | |
| Haikou | 偌濟 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 多少, 幾化, 幾多化 dated |
| Suzhou | 幾化 | |
| Ningbo | 多少 | |
| Wenzhou | 幾倈兒, 幾倈 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 好多 |
| Xiangtan | 幾, 幾多 | |
| Shuangfeng | 好多, 幾多 | |
Descendants
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 幾 | 許 |
| いく Grade: S |
ばく Grade: 5 |
| kun’yomi | irregular |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 幾何 幾ばく |
Etymology 1
Compound of 幾 (iku, “how”) + ば (ba, “much, amount”, ancient element, also appears in obsolete そこば (sokoba, “that much”)) + く (ku, ancient suffix used to form adverbs; compare か (ka) used to form adjectives).[1]
First cited to the Man'yōshū, completed in roughly 759.[1]
The kanji spelling is an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 幾許／几许 (jǐxǔ).
Adverb
幾許 • (ikubaku)
- how much, how many
- Synonyms: どのぐらい, どれほど
- as in 幾許か, few, a little bit
- (followed by negative) a little bit, not much
- 余命幾許もない
- yomei ikubaku mo nai
- having a short time to live
- 余命幾許もない
Usage notes
This term is often spelled in hiragana.
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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